This was the pre-competition test of the rope climber


Here you can see some of the structure of the climber...






The shell was later redesigned to make it "The Snail" to improve marketability.




"The Snail" took 113 seconds to climb a 3 meter rope and was the slowest of those that actually finished. The fastest to climb only took 1.4 seconds. (Of course, The Snail won by a landslide vote for marketablilty with 13 votes!!!)

These are pictures of other climbers involved in the competition...